flash bang

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See also: flashbang and flash-bang

English

Noun

flash bang (plural flash bangs)

  1. Alternative form of flash-bang
    • 2003, Dennis Krebs, When Violence Erupts: A Survival Guide for Emergency Responders, page 153:
      A flash bang contains no explosive, and the container is not designed to fragment.
    • 2007, Frank A. Colaprete, editor, Internal Investigations: A Practitioner's Approach, page 180:
      In January of 2005 in Niagara Falls, New York, an 18-year-old woman who was not the intended arrest target suffered second and third degree burns as a result of the use of a flash bang during the service of a high-risk warrant.
    • 2008, James Devries, Deep Cover, page 151:
      I have a flash bang with a timer set for 60 seconds.